The West African Examinations Council (WAEC)
Wednesday released the results of the 2018 West African Senior School
Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates where a total of 786,
016 candidates representing 49.98 per cent obtained credits and above in a
minimum of five subjects including English language and Mathematics.
In this category were 389,655 males and 396,361
females, representing 47.32 and 52.92 per cent respectively.
The Head of the Nigerian National Office of the
Council, Mr. Olu Adenipekun, who briefed journalists in Lagos, said there has
been a decline in this year’s candidates performance by 10 percent compared
with 2017 when it recorded 59.22 per cent for 923,486 candidates.
He said a total of 1,578,846 candidates registered
for the examinations from 17,886 recognised secondary schools in the country,
out of which 1,572,396 candidates sat for the examination.
Of the total number, he said 1,572,396 candidates
that sat for the examination, 823,424 were males and 748,972 were females, representing
52.36 per cent and 47.63 per cent respectively.
An analysis of the statistics of the performance of
candidates shows that 1,572,396
candidates that sat for the examination, 1,213,244 candidates representing
76.84 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any five subjects (
with or without English language and/or Mathematics).
Adenipekun said a total of 858,424 candidates
representing 54.59 per cent obtained credits and above in a minimum of five
subjects including English language but without Mathematics.
"Out of the total number of candidates that
sat the examination in Nigeria, 1,470,338 candidates, representing 93.51 per
cent have their results fully procesed and released while 102,058 candidates representing 6.49
percent have a few of their subjects still being processed due to errors
traceable to the candidates in the course of registration or writing the
examination. Such errors are being corrected by the council to enable the
affected candidates get their results fully processed and released
subsequently," the HNO stressed.
He noted that a total of 1,328 candidates with
varying degrees of special needs registered for the examination, saying: "Out of this number, 251 were
visually challenged, 783 had impaired hearing; 123 had low vision, 88 were
spastic cum mentally challenged, and 83 were physically challenged. All these
candidates with special needs were adequately provided for in the
administration of the examination. Their results have been fully processes and
released along with other candidates."
While appealing to candidates who sat for the
examination and have fulfilled their financial obligations to the council to
check the details of their performance
on its results website, www.waecdirect.org, he said; "The result
checker PIN and serial number needed by candidates to check their results
online are contained on the candidate's Smart identity card used during the
conduct of the examination. Certificates of candidates whose results have been
fully processed and released will be ready in 90 days."
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